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Topic Lesson 10: //**Cougars**//

Common Core Standards RI 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI 5.2 Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text. W5.1a-d Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information. W5.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing and rewriting.

Suggested Student Objectives 1.Students will identify the main ideas and supporting details in informational text. 2.Students will infer main ideas using supporting details in informational text. 3.Students will write a response to literature.

Suggested Additional Readings Literary Texts Poetry
 * __Wild Cats: Cougars, Bobcats and Lynx__ by Deborah Hodge
 * __Mountain Lions__ by David Petersen
 * __Summer Moon__ by Jean Craighead George
 * "Tiger" by Valerie Worth
 * "A Tomcat Is" by J. Patrick Lewis

Resource Links
 * http://www.thejunglestore.com/Cougars
 * http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/mountain-lion/
 * http:www.cougarmountainzoo.org/The%20Animals/cougarfact.aspx


 * Activities **
 * **Your Turn** Student Book, page 260. Students will work with a partner and choose one of the activities: "A Closer Look" or "Cougar Trivia."

Assessments 1. Practice Book, pages 109-110 2. Writing Rubric 1-4, see TE T345 and R18 3. Weekly Test 10.4-10.5

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